PARENTS
(See also Childbearing; Child Custody; Child Training; Family Worship; Fathers; Grandparents; Mothers; Stepfamily)
abuse by offspring:
death penalty in ancient Israel: it-2 801
teen offspring: g92 10/8 29
abuse of children: g98 10/8 28; g93 7/22 6-7
addicted to alcohol or drugs: yp2 190-192, 194-197
admitting mistakes: w07 9/1 29-30; w99 7/1 10; w90 8/1 31
Africa:
reluctance to limit family size: g88 9/22 4-5
ambitions for material success of offspring: jr 109-110
apologizing to children: g18.2 11; w08 10/1 19; w07 12/1 18; g 8/07 9; w02 5/1 27-28
appreciation for children: scl 87; w97 8/1 17
appreciation for parents: ijwbq article 130; ijwyp article 25; g 10/11 20; w10 4/15 3-4; w06 8/1 30
essay by appreciative daughter: g91 8/8 11
firmness: w93 10/1 8
five sons raised in truth: g99 3/22 22-23
letters from appreciative offspring: g 11/08 8; g99 3/8 25; g93 4/22 30; g93 8/8 31; g92 10/8 31
life story “A Rare Christian Heritage”: w93 10/1 5-9
life story “Following in My Parents’ Footsteps”: w95 10/1 19-24
life story “My Parents’ Example Strengthened Me”: w05 10/1 16-20
life story “Our Parents Taught Us to Love God”: w99 12/1 20-24
life story “They Set an Example for Us”: w94 6/1 19-23
youths: w02 10/1 9
appreciation for Young People Ask book: g90 9/8 13-14
attitude toward children: mwb25.01 2; scl 44, 87
attitude toward religion of one’s parents: ijwbq article 130; w09 9/15 3-6; g 7/09 29; w03 4/15 5-6; rs 324-325
authority: ijwbq article 130; kl 136-137
ancient Israel: it-1 435-436
benefits of exercising: w08 4/1 15-16; g 6/08 7; g 8/07 5; g02 12/8 28; w90 5/15 30
avoiding misuse of power: w86 8/15 17
avoiding pressuring children to win: g02 12/8 13-15
avoiding unfavorable comparisons: w21.07 21-22
avoiding unreasonable expectations of children: w21.07 21-22
benefits of integrity: it-1 1211
Bible examples: w99 7/1 9-10
Amram and Jochebed: scl 87; w97 5/1 30-31
David: w06 8/1 29-30
Elkanah and Hannah: scl 87; ia 60; w10 10/1 14-15; w07 3/15 17; km 6/01 6
Eunice: w22.04 16-21; w98 5/15 7-9
Jacob: scl 87
Jehovah an example for parents: w20.10 26-28; w07 6/15 18-19; w01 10/1 8-13; w99 7/1 8-9
Jesus an example for parents: cf 163-165, 167; bh 139-141; w11 8/1 9; w09 7/15 10-11; w05 4/1 9-11
Joseph and Mary: scl 87-88; w20.10 26-29; w19.12 25; w18.11 24; mwb18.06 8; w06 4/1 11; w92 10/1 27-28
Manoah and wife: scl 88; w19.12 24-25; w13 8/15 16
Noah: w13 4/1 13; ia 19; km 6/08 1
parents of Daniel: w23.08 3-4; w18.02 6
bride-price custom: w22.02 30; w89 1/15 21-24
broken homes:
helping one’s children: w13 10/1 10; g91 4/22 6-11; g90 11/8 24; w86 11/1 27-31
how children can deal with parent who left: g90 11/8 22-24
caring for aged parents: w25.03 30-31; ijwbq articles 130, 164; w21.01 32; it-2 782-783; w14 3/15 21-22, 25-29; w06 6/1 6; w04 5/15 15-17; w97 9/1 3-7; fy 149, 173-182; w94 8/1 28-29; g94 2/8 3-10; w93 2/15 23-26; g91 3/22 3-9; g91 7/8 30; w90 3/1 20-21; g90 2/22 11; w87 6/1 13-18; w87 6/15 25-27
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g94 8/22 30; g91 7/22 30
Bible examples: ijwbq article 164
caregivers’ needs: ijwbq article 164; w18.08 24; w14 3/15 28-29; g97 2/8 3-13; fy 179-181; w87 6/1 13, 17
coping with pressures: g94 2/8 6-10
emotional needs: la 6; w97 9/1 5-6; fy 173-174, 176-177
ex-missionaries: w94 3/1 27
expression of godly devotion: w93 9/15 16-17
first-person account about incapacitated mother: g90 2/8 16-17
material needs: w97 9/1 4-5; fy 174-175
missionaries helped by others: w99 12/1 24
moving in with offspring: ijwbq article 164; fy 175-176; g94 2/8 4-6
need for independence: fy 176-177
offspring in full-time ministry: w14 3/15 22; w14 9/15 32; g04 6/8 8; w98 8/1 25-29; w87 6/1 15-16; w87 6/15 27
offspring who are single: jr 101-102
parents who were cold or abusive: fy 177-179
Pharisees’ tradition of corban: it-1 506; fy 174-175; w87 6/1 14
spiritual needs: w97 9/1 6-7
traveling overseer: yb93 45
caring for disabled child: w13 2/1 10-12
charts:
“Parents, Teach Obedience by Disciplining in Righteousness”: w92 10/1 29
“Questions for Parental Self-Examination”: g88 9/8 12
“Steps to Good Parent-Teacher Communication”: g94 8/8 10
communication between parents: w89 10/1 28
communication with children: w22.05 28-29; g22.1 12; g18.2 8; hf 23; w13 5/15 19-23; w10 1/15 18-19; w10 6/15 23; w07 9/1 25; w07 9/15 8; g 2/07 19; g 10/07 11; g05 2/8 8-9; w04 6/15 5; w01 10/1 10-11; w92 10/15 15-16; w91 9/1 22; w87 2/15 6-7; w86 8/1 28-30; w86 11/1 21-25; w86 12/15 30
about parents’ past: yp1 292-293
about racial prejudice: ijwhf article 27
about sexting: g 11/13 4-5
after school: g95 12/22 9-10
apologizing: w93 11/15 29-30
avoiding immediate censure: w92 10/15 16
conversation: g18.2 8; g95 11/8 28; sg 80
deaf children: g98 9/8 19-20, 22
drawing children out: w23.03 24-25; yp1 293-296; w07 6/15 18-19; g 8/07 8; g97 8/8 8-9; w88 5/1 5; w86 11/1 23-24
girls, about menstruation: g90 2/8 13-14
listening: mwb25.05 11; g18.2 8; w13 5/15 21-22; g 10/11 10; w07 11/15 29-30; w01 10/1 10; g92 6/22 4-5; g90 1/22 16-17; g86 7/22 25-26
music children listen to: g86 4/8 11
speaking to baby: g03 12/22 5; g99 5/22 28-29; w98 4/15 32; g98 3/8 28; g98 5/22 29
taking problems seriously: g96 9/8 29
youths: w14 9/15 18-19; w13 5/15 22; g 1/13 4-5; yp1 290-296; g 10/11 21; w10 2/15 31-32; g 9/09 8; g 12/09 21; w08 8/1 10-12; w08 8/15 29; g 6/08 6-7; g 3/07 8-9; g05 10/8 31; fy 65-71, 82; g96 8/22 28-29; g86 7/22 25-26
youths and parents arguing: w13 11/1 8-10; yp1 291-292
communication with parents: ypq 9-11; g 1/13 5; g 5/12 19-21; yp1 7-13; g 12/09 18-21; yp2 184-189; g 12/06 11-12; g97 8/22 19-20; fy 65-66, 82; g96 8/22 28-29; g90 11/8 24; g87 7/8 19-20; w86 11/1 16-20; g86 1/8 7; g86 7/22 21-23; g86 10/8 18-20
about personal problems: g93 12/8 16-17
about sex: yp2 63-64
after leaving home: g98 1/22 10
confessing a wrong: g97 1/22 11-12; yp 20-21; g86 9/8 14-16
video How Can I Talk to My Parents?: lff lesson 50
why avoid lying: g87 10/8 19-21
cooperating with schools: ed 27-30; g 11/10 29; g 4/09 9; g95 12/22 7-11; g94 8/8 8-10; g89 4/22 30; g88 9/8 10-12
cooperation between parents: w19.12 24
cost of raising children: g 10/11 29; yp 15; g88 4/8 23; g87 5/22 23
courage: w17.09 30-31
custom of adult subjection to: w87 2/1 5-6
custom of sending newborns to relatives in homeland: w16.11 17-18; w13 9/15 23-24
day care for children: ijwhf article 14
death of offspring: g 4/11 3; w07 5/1 3-4; g 1/06 32; we 3-5, 9-12, 15, 17; g04 3/22 29; w00 4/15 4; w88 9/15 3; g87 8/8 2-15; g87 11/22 28; g87 12/8 28
how parents can cope: wp21.1 7; wp18.1 13; w07 5/1 4-7; w01 5/1 11; yp 130-132; g89 2/22 11; g88 1/22 10-12; g88 7/8 11; g87 8/8 5-10, 14-15
SIDS (crib death): we 12; g03 5/8 28; g99 3/22 31; g99 11/22 30; g97 1/22 29; g88 1/22 2-12
view that God took child: w09 3/1 29; w02 6/1 6-7; w96 8/1 3-4; g91 2/8 18-19
what others can do: g 7/12 15; w07 5/1 5-6; w00 4/15 7; yp 131; g89 2/22 11; g89 7/22 14; g88 1/22 12; g87 8/8 10-12
why God allows: g91 3/8 26-27
disciplining children: cl 100-101; w18.03 23-24, 27, 30-31; g18.2 9; w16.10 20; bhs 223; g 4/15 3-7; g 10/11 11-12, 14; w08 10/1 20-21; w06 4/1 9-10; w06 11/1 5; jd 131-134; w05 6/15 23; w04 6/15 5-6; w04 8/15 5-6; g04 10/22 10; g04 11/8 26-27; w03 10/1 21-23; g03 3/22 20; w01 12/15 28; g01 11/8 32; w00 8/1 5; w98 4/1 17-18; w97 10/15 32; ba 24; g97 8/8 10-11; w96 9/1 20-21; w96 12/1 14-15; fy 59-61; w95 10/1 16-17; kl 136-137, 148; w94 7/15 18-19; w92 10/1 27-29; w91 10/1 30-31; g91 9/22 6-8, 11-12; g90 1/22 17; pe 245; w87 10/1 16-17; g87 5/22 11; w86 11/1 22-23; tp 172-173
consistency: w14 7/1 12; g 5/13 5; g 10/11 11; fy 84
court requires parents to pay for not: g93 4/8 29
decline: g 4/15 3-5
difficult children: g94 11/22 3-12
fallacy of permissiveness: mwb25.07 5; it-2 276; g 4/15 7; w08 4/1 13-16; w07 9/1 22; w04 7/15 31; w04 8/15 5-6; g03 6/22 29; g02 7/8 28; w96 1/15 11; fy 72, 80-81; g95 12/22 7
goal: g 5/13 5; w96 9/1 20-21
helping to want to change: lr 132-136
how: w14 7/1 10-12; w13 4/15 16; w07 9/1 24-25; w01 10/1 11-12; fy 60-61
influence of grandparents: g90 2/22 6-7, 9
long-range view: w16.10 20
not holding back: g 4/15 6-7; w08 4/1 14; w07 9/1 22-23; w06 7/1 14; w04 7/15 31; w96 12/1 14-15; w90 5/15 29
parental differences: w09 2/1 10-12
parental unity: hf 24; w09 2/1 11-12; w00 8/1 5
reasonableness: w14 7/1 12
respecting dignity of children: g 10/11 12; w00 6/15 20-21; w98 4/1 29
“rod” of discipline: cl 100-101; it-2 818; w04 7/15 31; la 5; ba 24
single parents: g 11/12 8; w00 8/1 5-6; fy 107-110
stepchildren: g 4/12 6; w99 3/1 5-6
Tourette syndrome: g95 12/22 21
use of Great Teacher and Youth books: w86 8/15 32
value of providing rules and guidelines: g 11/12 8; g 10/11 11; w07 9/1 23-24; g00 7/22 32; w88 8/1 18-19
when to start: w00 8/1 5
with love: scl 89; w15 11/15 5; w14 7/1 11; w07 9/1 22-25
with self-control: w14 7/1 11
youths: g 5/13 4-5; g 9/09 9; g05 4/8 7; g98 1/22 6-7; fy 71-72
discussion: scl 87-89; lff lesson 50; g18.2 8-11; g 10/11 2, 4-25; g 8/07 3-9; w95 10/1 13-17; w94 7/15 15-20; w88 5/1 3-6
disinterest in children:
children not preferred in divorce settlements: g93 4/22 28
effect of offspring’s paperless marriage: g86 7/8 5
effect on children:
abuse of child or mate: g90 3/8 29
anger of parents: w19.09 18-19; g 3/12 4
attitude toward employment: w13 1/15 13
authoritarian parents: g 10/15 16
breakup of parents: ijwhf article 12; ijwyp article 45; yp1 28-29; g 2/10 6-8; g05 4/8 5-6; g91 4/22 3-5, 8; g90 8/22 11-12; g90 10/22 17-19; yp 34-41; w88 11/1 23; g88 5/22 22-24; g87 10/22 21-23; g87 12/22 13-15; g86 7/8 5-6
conduct of parents: w86 3/15 31; w86 4/15 31
early parental nurturing: g95 2/8 29
fighting by parents: yp 13; g89 11/22 23-25; g89 12/8 17-19
lack of affection: g00 12/8 6; g97 8/8 3-4
lack of expressions of love: w19.09 19
parental criticism: g97 8/8 3-4; g92 11/22 26-27
parental emigration: w14 4/15 19-21; g 2/13 8-9
parental example: scl 15
parental mistreatment: scl 15
parental neglect: g03 3/22 29; g02 5/8 29; g01 7/8 11; g95 4/22 29
parental speech: w07 9/1 30; g03 12/22 5; g99 5/22 28-29; w98 4/15 32; g98 3/8 28; g98 5/22 29
smoking by parents: g97 1/22 29; g97 11/8 30; g89 6/22 29; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11
warmth: g92 10/22 31
when parent remarries: yp1 34-37; yp 42-49
example for children: mwb25.01 3; w22.05 28; w19.12 25; g18.2 11; w12 6/15 31; w08 10/1 19, 21; w07 5/15 15-16; w07 9/1 26-27; w07 9/15 8-9; g 8/07 9; w04 6/15 4-5; be 61; w99 7/1 8-12; km 9/99 1; w96 12/1 13; fy 56, 67-69; w95 2/1 27; kl 146; w92 10/15 15; g91 9/22 8-9; w90 5/15 29; pe 248; w87 8/15 20; g87 5/22 11
at meetings: km 5/88 2
Bible study: w07 9/1 27-28
expressing appreciation: w08 8/1 13
faith: w16.09 32
forgiving: g 10/11 11
honesty: lvs 190-191; lv 163
manners: w11 2/15 3-4; w89 6/15 19-20
morals: g92 6/22 4
obedience: w92 10/1 27-29
reading and studying: w10 7/15 25
serving Jehovah: w16.06 15; w11 12/15 20-21; w01 5/15 22-23; w94 10/1 30
thankfulness: g 10/11 11
zeal for true worship: yb88 240-241
examples: yb08 111, 114-115, 118-120
attend meeting after son’s death: w01 5/1 11
Bible reading and field ministry: w05 4/1 26
caring for quadruplets: w06 10/1 13-15
children having cancer: g 5/11 12-14
children having Down syndrome: w18.06 29; w10 4/15 16-19; g95 12/8 11-13
children not lost to world: w93 10/1 3-4
coping with death of offspring: wp18.1 13; w01 5/1 11; g88 1/22 10-12
coping with doubts of offspring: w18.08 29-30
coping with feelings when offspring leave truth: w24.07 7; w06 9/1 19-20
counsel for grown daughter undergoing temptation: w06 6/15 14
doctor and wife: g00 8/22 14-15
eight children: w06 10/1 11-15; w90 8/1 26-31
employment reduced to serve Jehovah more fully: w11 3/15 15-16
encourage offspring to stay in full-time ministry: w98 8/1 28-29
encourage offspring to stay in missionary assignment: w93 11/1 29-30
ex-missionaries: w16.10 5-6; w94 3/1 26-28
family cooperation bears fruit: w09 7/15 28
family worship: w16.10 6; w11 2/15 11; w11 8/15 6; w09 10/15 32; w07 9/15 9-10; w05 1/1 25-26; w02 5/1 27; w02 7/1 21; km 11/02 5-6; yb01 184; w99 7/1 16-17; g92 8/22 22-23
five sons: g99 3/22 20-23
full-time ministry: g 3/09 13-14; w03 3/1 19-22; km 6/02 4; w01 7/1 25-30; yb98 105; w87 2/1 16-17; w86 1/15 13
help daughter interested in worldly boy: w01 10/1 10
helping children learn: g88 9/8 7-10, 12
helping children set spiritual goals: w17.09 31
helping offspring overcome drug abuse: g03 4/8 6-7, 9
large families: w99 2/15 10-12
laughing doves: g 8/09 24
prepare girl for problems at school: w98 1/1 23
raising children: w17.08 15-16; w16.10 5-6; hl section 5; g 10/11 7-8, 13-14, 21-22; w06 8/1 12-14; w04 10/15 26; w03 2/15 24-25; w02 5/1 25-29; w02 6/1 27-28; w00 8/1 27-28; w97 7/15 20-23; w96 10/1 27-28; g91 9/22 9-13
reading to baby: g 1/08 32
respect dignity of children: w98 4/1 29
seven sons: g99 1/8 18-22; g99 9/8 30; g99 10/8 30
simple life: w07 10/1 19
single parents: g 10/11 15; w06 4/1 10-11; w04 6/1 17; g02 10/8 11-12
teaching children to comment at meetings: w06 11/15 31
video Taught by Jehovah to Raise Our Family: lff lesson 50
wartime: hl section 5
experiences:
accused of tearing off daughter’s ear: yb08 114-115, 118
care for father after stroke: w93 9/15 17
cares for aged mother: g90 2/8 16-17
change in parents: w89 8/1 28
circuit overseer and wife: w22.11 29-30
confiding in parents: g86 4/8 28
daughter copes with parents’ opposition: w24.01 5-7
daughter of do-not-call couple: yb09 61-62
daughter praises single mother: w19.02 18
deaf son: g97 8/22 30; g96 11/8 10-13
divorced parents accept truth, then remarry each other: w90 12/1 32
feelings before daughter’s brain surgery: g90 4/22 22-23
Great Teacher book: w89 5/15 32
grief from children’s death overcome: lfs article 7; w88 1/1 6; g88 7/8 11; g86 10/22 15-16
negotiate return of teen daughter: yb05 62
parental opposition softens: w16.02 30; w06 10/15 10
parents won over: w19.08 17-18; yb11 144-146; w94 4/1 8
prevented from seeing daughter: w99 4/1 25-26
travels to rescue parents from Witnesses: yb09 46
truth improves homelife: w00 1/1 4; g94 5/8 9-10
unbeliever counsels daughters using publications: yb08 62
unplanned pregnancy: g 10/11 9
use of nature to teach about Jehovah: w23.03 22-23
won over by son’s firmness: w98 2/1 7
youth “divorces” parents: g89 7/22 28-29; g87 3/22 29
family life: g 8/07 3-9; g97 8/8 8-11
building up: w07 4/1 6; w01 5/15 21-26; kl 145-148; w89 10/1 27-29; w86 11/1 21-25
cultivating closeness: g88 9/8 9-10
effect of Internet: g 3/07 4-5
providing happy atmosphere: w86 8/1 28-29
providing peaceful atmosphere: w10 1/15 20
strengthening bonds: yb17 162-163; w88 4/1 4-7; w88 11/1 19
family merit: w87 4/15 13
fears: g 8/07 3; w95 10/15 3
goals for children: w17.09 30-31; jd 161; w05 10/1 26-31; km 9/95 7; w88 8/15 6-7; w86 8/1 29; w86 8/15 30
full-time service: w18.08 24; w05 9/15 24; km 4/02 4; km 3/93 3
worldly careers: w88 8/15 3, 6
guidance for raising children: scl 88
helping children—
control electronic media: yp1 301-302; g 1/11 27
improve grades: ijwhf article 2; w19.06 32; w08 1/1 11
reach goals: w11 11/1 20
who have learning disabilities: g 1/09 10-11
who may be suicidal: ijwhf article 32; yp1 311-312; g 5/08 29
helping children cope with—
anxiety: mwb24.09 11
boredom: ijwhf article 20
disasters: g03 9/8 14; g96 6/22 17
disturbing news reports: ijwhf article 17; g 10/12 19-21
failure: ijwhf article 7; w20.06 32
helping dyslexic children: g96 8/8 12-13
helping offspring choose suitable work: w98 7/15 4-5
helping offspring cope with common challenges: mrt article 76
helping offspring cope with depression: g17.1 4
helping offspring cope with parental divorce: g 10/09 21
helping offspring having eating disorders: yp1 314; g 10/06 21; g99 1/22 11-12
honor due parents: w25.09 16-17; ijwbq article 130; w21.12 4-5; lff lesson 50; g21.1 5; it-2 782-783; mwb18.02 4; w04 10/15 23-24; w00 6/15 15-16; w92 10/15 12-13; w91 2/1 21-22; g91 3/22 3-4; yp 11-17; w88 12/1 4; g88 4/8 22-24; g88 4/22 20-22; g88 9/8 28
fifth commandment: ijwbv article 7; it-2 1086; g03 11/8 26
illiterate parents: g89 12/22 13-15
older parents: w14 3/15 21-22; w04 6/15 14; w00 6/15 21; w97 9/1 4-7; fy 149, 173-182
Pharisaical tradition invalidates: w88 12/1 4-5
problem parents: g95 5/22 24-25; yp 13-15; g88 4/8 23-24
kidnapping children: g95 2/8 6-8
leaving family to work abroad: mwb25.09 3; w14 4/15 17-21; w91 4/1 27-28
love for parents: fy 173-174, 176-177
marriage of offspring:
arranged marriages: lff lesson 42; lvs 136; lv 115; g04 10/22 20; g99 10/8 19
grief when marrying unbeliever: w91 10/1 12
helping choose a mate: scl 70; w01 5/15 20; g92 6/22 6-9
medical treatment for children:
avoiding blood transfusions for children: km 9/92 3-6
Information for Parents Whose Child Requires Medical Treatment (S-55): mwb25.01 7
meetings: w05 6/15 18; km 7/89 1, 4; km 5/88 1-2
bringing children: od 119; w10 10/15 26-27
example of Israelite children: w90 8/1 4-5
helping children benefit: mwb23.09 15
helping children prepare: w95 8/1 17-18
when children are restless or misbehave during: km 12/89 7; w88 3/1 24-25; km 2/88 7
moody parents: g93 11/8 22-24; g93 11/22 15-17
obedience of children: w23.10 7-8; cf 62; scl 83; w18.01 29; it-2 522; lvs 52; bhs 150, 153; g 8/15 2; bh 141-142; lv 42; w07 2/15 23-27; w04 10/15 21; lr 44-46, 213; w02 3/15 11; w01 4/1 30-31; kl 136; g94 12/22 25-27; g88 1/8 19-21
as to dating: ijwfq article 43
parent who was removed from the congregation: w21.09 27
living at home: km 8/02 3-4
living elsewhere: km 8/02 4
perseverance: w86 8/1 30-31
pioneers: w96 5/15 30-31
prayer for help in training children: w19.12 24-25; w86 8/1 30
prayer for offspring removed from the congregation: w01 10/1 16-17
praying with children: w15 11/15 5; g 11/12 10; w07 9/1 27; w05 1/1 26; w05 6/15 22
premature babies: g89 2/22 7-10
pressures: g97 8/8 5-7
protecting family from harmful influences: scl 88; w19.01 16-17; w08 4/1 15-16; w08 10/1 21; w06 4/1 9; w05 1/1 23-27; w05 4/1 13-19; w03 2/15 25-27; w98 7/15 3-6; fy 90-102
bullies: ijwhf article 5; w19.10 32; g03 8/22 9-11; g94 8/8 6-7
child abuse: ijwbq article 65; lff lesson 50; w19.05 12-13; g 2/11 32; w10 11/1 13; w08 10/1 21; g 10/07 3-11; lr 170-171; g03 2/8 9; g99 4/8 8-9, 11; fy 61-62
“death culture”: g00 7/8 8-9
drugs: g 5/09 6-8; g03 3/22 29; g03 4/8 5-9; g99 11/8 10; g94 8/8 6
experimentation with alcohol, drugs: w99 12/1 32
gang involvement: g98 4/22 8-11
Internet: g21.2 9; g 10/08 3-9; g 3/07 4-7; g97 7/22 11-13
pornography: ijwhf article 33; w15 11/15 7
racism: ijwhf article 27
sexting: g 11/13 4-5
smoking and vaping: ijwyp article 121
social media: mrt articles 83, 115
protecting family from organized crime: g97 3/8 7
putting Jehovah first: w95 10/1 13-17
quarreling parents: g89 11/22 23-25
how children should react: yp 13-15; g89 12/8 17-19
reading to children: g 10/11 29; g 5/10 30; g05 1/8 28; g04 8/8 6, 8; g04 10/22 9-10, 31; w03 2/15 24; g03 7/8 29; g03 12/22 11; g01 11/22 12-14; g01 12/22 28; w99 5/1 25; fy 54-55; g96 1/22 23; g87 5/22 9-10; g87 6/22 25
relationship with children: ijwhf article 9; w15 6/1 16; bhs 148-150, 153; bh 139-141; fg 19; w01 10/1 8-13; w97 7/15 20-23; g97 8/8 3-11; w96 12/1 10-15; fy 51-102; w95 10/1 16; kl 136-137; g91 9/22 5-13; pe 245; g88 9/8 5-10, 12; w86 11/1 21-25
according dignity: w98 4/1 29
adopted children: g99 2/8 28
affection: g 10/09 30; g 12/09 22; w06 11/1 5; w05 4/1 10-11
after children leave home: g98 1/22 9-12; fy 164-165
anger at children: w19.09 18-19; w13 5/15 22-23; g97 8/8 9-10
arguments: yp1 291-292; g 2/10 29
attention to children: g05 2/8 12-13; g00 8/22 28; w95 10/1 14
“authoritative” relationship recommended: w08 4/1 15-16; g 6/08 7; g 8/07 5; g02 12/8 28; g90 1/22 28
begins in womb: w94 5/15 11; g94 3/8 28; w86 4/15 21; g86 1/22 29
benefit of keeping work and family roles separate: g 10/15 16
Bible principles: w88 4/1 6-7
bonding: wp18.3 4; g03 12/22 4-6; fy 54; g92 9/22 6-7; g91 9/22 5-6, 9-11; g87 5/22 7-8
closing the generation gap: g86 7/22 25-26
companionship: fy 56
concern for children: g88 10/8 19
confidential talk: w88 8/1 18-19
consideration of ideas and suggestions: w20.08 10; w08 3/15 7
counseling children: w22.02 19
cultivating cooperation: g88 9/8 9-10
curfews: yp1 297-298; g 10/08 29
deaf children: g98 9/8 19-20, 22
discerning stress: g93 7/22 8-9
effect of child’s rebelliousness: g89 11/8 24-25
entertainment and recreation: w23.03 24-25; w19.01 16-17; w15 11/15 7; w13 1/15 15; w06 1/1 27; w06 4/1 10; w05 1/1 25; g05 5/8 14; w04 6/15 6; g97 5/22 9-10; fy 73, 97-101; g96 7/22 11
expectations of children: w21.07 21-22
expressing confidence in children: w92 4/15 25
expressing love: w19.09 19; w15 11/15 4-5, 9-10; w08 10/1 19; g 8/07 4; g 10/07 11; g04 2/8 30; g04 8/8 4-6; g04 10/22 8; g03 12/22 5-6; g97 8/8 3-4, 8-9; fy 54, 74; kl 146; w91 9/1 22
formative years: g92 9/22 3-10
friendship: w15 11/15 9; w97 7/15 20-21
grown children: w14 5/1 13; w00 6/15 21
handling problems: g88 9/8 10
helping cope with death of loved one: lff lesson 30; g 7/12 13-15; yp1 312-313; w08 7/1 18-20; we 25; g92 7/22 7
helping cope with stress: g 2/14 15; g93 7/22 10-11
helping through puberty: w91 10/1 30-31
helping with problems at school: g 11/10 29; g94 8/8 5-10
humility: w15 11/15 5-6, 10-11
impact on behavior: g95 5/22 29
insight: w15 11/15 6-7, 11-12
kindness: w22.06 26
knowing children well: w16.09 29
long-suffering: w07 9/1 21-22; w91 5/15 18
loyalty: w05 9/1 5-6
married offspring: fy 164-165; g87 10/22 30
mildness: w03 4/1 22
not exasperating children: w05 6/15 22; w97 8/1 12; w96 8/1 20; g96 10/22 6; kl 148; g90 4/22 25-26
not irritating children: g05 2/8 12-13; w91 10/1 29-31
not treating children as peers: g 11/12 6; g02 10/8 9; g97 8/8 11; g97 10/8 31; fy 106-107; g95 4/22 28
playing with children: w11 11/1 19; g 10/11 29; w08 10/1 20
praising children: lvs 165-166; g 11/15 12-13; lv 141; g 3/13 6; w10 1/15 20; w08 10/1 19; w06 1/1 19; w02 11/1 32; g98 1/22 5-6; g97 8/8 8; g92 9/22 10
protection against Satanism: g89 10/22 10
reasonableness: w06 11/1 6-7
rebellious offspring: fy 76-89
removed offspring: w18.03 31; w13 1/15 15-16; w07 1/15 20
repairing damage of parental absence: w14 4/15 22-23
rules: ijwyp articles 85, 100; w21.02 3, 18; w19.01 17; w13 6/15 16; g 3/13 12-13; yp1 297-302; w07 9/1 23-24; g 8/07 6; w00 11/15 28-29; w96 9/1 20-21
saying no: g 8/14 8-9
setting boundaries: g 5/13 5; g 11/12 8; g00 7/22 32; fy 82, 99-100
showing interest in children: cf 144-146; g92 11/8 22-24
specialized attention: w19.12 27; w94 5/15 10-15
spoiling children materially: g 1/13 11; g 6/07 4-5
strengthening: w88 11/1 19
time with children: w19.12 26-27; w13 5/15 19-21; g 10/11 13; w07 5/15 16; w06 6/15 32; w06 11/1 4, 6; w05 4/1 9, 11; g05 2/8 13; g05 4/8 29; g04 10/22 8-9; w01 5/15 22; w99 5/15 3-6; w98 4/1 7; w94 10/1 28-29; g93 5/22 16-17; g92 9/22 7-10; gt chapter 95; w89 7/15 9; w88 8/1 11-12; g88 9/8 6-12; g86 6/22 29
touch: g02 12/8 28
viewing things through children’s eyes: g90 1/22 16-17
what youths desire: g97 7/22 28
when mate dies: g 8/09 13
when parents divorce: g 2/10 6; g 10/09 21
when parents neglect: g96 11/8 28-29
when theocratic assignment changes: w19.08 23
when youth breaks parental trust: ijwhf article 11
wrongdoing by children: fy 85-87
youths: w13 5/15 22; yp1 289-318; g 10/11 16-25; w09 5/1 10-12; g 9/09 8-9; g 6/08 3-9; g 3/07 8-9; g05 4/8 9-11; w03 2/15 25-26; fy 64-89; w87 2/15 6-7
youths’ depression: g01 9/8 10-13
youths’ need for parental love: g98 8/22 29
youths’ need for parental time: g 9/09 8; g05 10/8 31
youths’ need for privacy: g 3/10 21; g88 7/8 26-27; g88 10/8 19
youths’ need for progressive independence: g 10/11 22; g 6/08 7-9; fy 73, 82-83; w91 10/1 31
youths’ real worries: g03 9/22 28
youths who ask for more freedom: w09 5/1 11
youths who have thoughts of suicide: ijwhf article 32; yp1 311-312; g 5/08 29
youths who want to date: yp1 308-310; g 1/07 30; g92 6/22 6-7
responsibilities toward children: scl 87; w12 7/15 30-31; w10 1/15 16-20; w08 4/15 18-19; g00 12/8 10-11; w88 3/1 23-27; w88 9/1 30; w86 6/15 19; w86 8/1 27-31; w86 11/1 21-25; tp 172-173
adult association: g19.2 12-13; g 10/11 19
alcoholic beverages: ijwhf article 4; w19.08 32; w04 12/1 22
associations: w19.12 25-26; w10 1/15 20; w09 7/15 10-11; w07 9/15 10; w05 1/1 23-24; g05 4/22 29; w01 10/1 9-10; w99 7/15 32; w93 8/1 20
at conventions: km 4/13 4; km 4/08 5; km 4/06 4; km 4/03 4; km 5/02 4; km 5/01 5; km 5/00 5; km 5/99 5-6; km 5/97 4; km 5/92 5; km 5/91 4-5; g90 5/22 20; km 5/90 5; km 5/89 5, 7
balance with other theocratic responsibilities: w95 10/1 14
Bible times: it-1 434-436
children involved in serious wrongdoing: fy 85-89; w88 11/15 19-20; w86 8/15 14-15
choosing friends: w22.05 29-30; w13 4/15 15; g 3/07 8-9; w04 6/15 6-7; g04 12/8 11; fy 95-97
choosing toys: g94 9/8 3-10
comment by judge: g86 4/22 29
creating peaceful environment: w07 9/1 29-30
divided households: w02 8/15 30-31; w96 10/15 22
early development: w19.12 26-27; g04 10/22 7-10
education: w18.03 10-11; it-1 682-684; it-2 1070; hf 22-25; w07 5/15 16; w05 10/1 26-31; w03 3/15 14; w99 9/1 16-17; w92 11/1 19-20
emotional needs of children: w05 6/15 22-23; w98 7/15 5-6
field ministry: km 5/99 7; km 11/98 6
inheritance: w04 9/1 25-28
moral guidance: mwb21.01 3; g19.2 14-15; ed 24; g 10/12 24-25; g 11/12 9; w11 2/1 18-20; g 10/11 6; g 3/07 5-7, 9; w05 4/1 14-16; lr 6; w97 10/15 32; g97 6/8 8-10; g97 11/8 29; g96 7/8 29; pe 248-249; g89 4/22 5-6; w88 4/15 4-7
music evaluation: g 8/11 9; g93 6/8 10; w92 10/15 16; g89 10/22 10
offspring removed from the congregation: lv 208; w07 1/15 20; km 8/02 4; w01 10/1 16-17; w88 11/15 20
overseeing appearance: w16.09 20; yp1 298-299; w05 1/1 24; w02 8/1 18-19
overseeing electronic games: yp1 299-301; g 1/08 18, 21; g99 6/22 28
overseeing entertainment: w19.01 16-17; w14 7/15 14; w10 4/15 22; w06 1/1 27; w05 1/1 25; g98 7/22 31; g97 5/22 9-10; fy 73, 100; g96 7/22 11
overseeing friendships with opposite sex: g 7/12 19
overseeing independence: yp1 302-306
overseeing media viewing: g05 3/22 31
overseeing movie choices: g05 5/8 11-14
overseeing recreation: w06 3/1 21; w05 1/1 25; w04 6/15 6; fy 97-101
overseeing use of computers: w13 1/15 18
overseeing use of social media: ijwhf articles 25-26; mrt articles 83, 115; w19.12 25-26; g 8/11 13
overseeing use of technology: g 11/09 6-7
preparing children for future: w08 4/1 14-15; w98 7/15 4-6
preparing offspring to leave home: yp1 305-306; g 10/11 25; g 7/10 13; w09 5/1 10-12
preparing youths for adulthood: g 12/12 18; w09 5/1 11-12
priority over other theocratic privileges: w86 6/15 19; w86 11/1 22
providing for children: cf 163-165, 167, 179-180; w05 6/15 18-23; w04 7/15 30; kl 145-146; w87 6/15 25-27
school: ed 27-30; g 10/12 8-9; yp1 304-305; g 11/10 29; g 4/09 9; g 5/09 14; w96 8/1 20; w96 10/1 30-31; fy 94-95; w95 2/1 27; g95 12/22 7-11; g94 8/8 5-10; g88 9/8 3-12
shepherding: w14 9/15 17-21
social gatherings to which children are invited: w92 8/15 19-20
success in fulfilling: w93 10/1 3-4
when failure of children is not parents’ fault: fy 79; w95 10/1 17; w88 5/1 3-4
when lacking material advantages: w88 9/1 30
responsible if child uses parent’s gun: g90 5/22 9
rights:
medical decisions: g95 11/8 13-14; hb 21-22
religious instruction: ed 24-25; kr 164-165; g97 12/8 6-7
sex education for offspring: ijwbq article 65; scl 89; lff lesson 50; mwb21.01 3; g16.5 8-9; g 5/15 3; w11 2/1 18-20; w11 11/1 29; yp1 307-308; w10 11/1 12-14; g 10/07 6-8; w05 4/1 17-18; g03 7/22 29; w98 2/15 8-11; w97 7/15 22-23; fy 90-94; g94 8/8 6; g92 2/22 3-11; g92 7/8 30; w88 4/15 4-7; w86 3/15 13; w86 7/15 7
about immorality: g 3/07 29; w05 4/1 15-16; lr 57-60; g92 6/22 4-6; pe 248-249
about sexual abuse: ijwbq article 65; w19.05 12-13; g 2/11 32; w10 11/1 13; w08 10/1 21; g 10/07 7-8; g97 4/8 14; w96 12/1 13-14; fy 61-62; g93 10/8 5-13
menstruation: g 5/06 10-13
preschoolers: w10 11/1 13
preteens: w10 11/1 13
teenagers: g16.2 8-9; w10 11/1 13-14
video Safeguard Your Children From Evil: lff lesson 50
single parents: g 11/12 2-10; g 10/09 26-27; w03 11/1 16-18; g02 10/8 3-12; w01 5/1 11-12; fy 103-115; g95 10/8 3-9
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g03 5/22 30; g96 5/22 30
Bible study with children: km 11/02 8; w99 7/1 17; w98 6/1 22
child training: g 11/12 8-9; g 10/11 15; w06 4/1 10-11; w04 6/1 17; w03 7/1 5; g02 10/8 7-12; w00 8/1 5-6; w94 7/15 19
headship: g04 7/8 27
help from others: g 11/12 4, 6; w10 12/1 22-24; km 6/99 3
help from others for children: jd 149-151; km 11/02 8
letting grown children go: g98 1/22 6, 12
positive view by children: g90 7/8 22
prevalence: w98 4/1 4-5
stress: g05 2/8 5
unwed: g00 2/8 5-6
youths’ attitude toward: yp2 208-214; g90 7/8 20-22
spirituality: w99 2/15 10-11
spiritual training of children: scl 87; g18.2 8-11; w17.12 18-22; w16.11 17; ed 24-25; w14 4/15 18-19; w11 8/1 3-9; w10 2/15 29; w08 4/15 19; w07 5/15 14-16; w06 4/1 8-9; jd 131-134; w05 6/15 20-22; w03 2/15 24; km 1/02 8; w01 5/15 21-26; w00 6/1 18-19; w99 2/1 12-13; w98 7/15 6; w97 7/15 20-23; g97 3/8 26-27; g97 8/8 11; w96 12/1 11-13; w96 12/15 17-18; fy 55-59; w95 2/1 27; w90 5/15 28-29; w88 3/1 27; w88 9/1 30; w88 11/1 18-19; w87 8/15 20; w86 8/1 27-31; w86 11/1 22
adolescents: w15 11/15 8-12; w12 2/1 18-21; yp1 315-318
assistance from others: w18.03 11-12; w17.05 11-12; w17.06 8; km 11/03 3; w98 6/1 22
assisting toward baptism: ijwfq article 47; od 179-181; w18.03 6-12; mwb18.05 3; w17.12 21-22; w11 6/15 3-6; w89 1/15 18-19; w88 3/15 14-15
assisting toward full-time service: w05 9/15 24; km 4/02 4; km 6/01 6; km 3/93 3
assisting toward spiritual maturity: w17.12 21; km 5/14 3
benefits: w11 8/1 3
Bible principles: w24.12 17-18; w16.09 31-32; fy 58-59
Bible reading: w10 1/15 18; be 11, 60, 248-249; km 11/02 5; w99 7/1 11-12
Bible view of blood: km 12/05 6; w91 6/15 15-18
building Christian personality: w98 11/1 12-13; w91 7/1 24-27
building faith: w24.12 14-19; w16.09 28-32; w87 1/15 13
children at home who leave the truth: jd 133-134; w01 10/1 13-18
children at home who lose interest: yp1 317-318
children at home who question the truth: w18.08 29-30; w17.12 22; w14 9/15 20-21; w12 2/1 18-21
children of unbelieving parents: w17.06 8; w98 6/1 22-23
children’s feelings about: g98 12/8 29
court upholds noncustodial parent: yb16 36
daily text: km 5/92 1
example of Jesus’ parents: scl 87-88; w20.10 28-29; w19.12 25; mwb18.06 8; w87 2/15 3-7
example of Moses’ parents: w97 5/1 31
example of parents of Daniel and three friends: w88 12/1 16-17
fear of Jehovah: w07 3/1 27; w07 5/15 14-15; w97 7/15 22; w87 12/1 13-15
for the ministry: ijwfq article 60; w15 11/15 6-7; km 1/11 7; w07 9/15 10; km 5/07 4; w05 6/15 21-22; km 5/05 4; km 7/05 3; km 11/02 6; w01 5/15 24-25; km 1/01 4; w99 7/1 21-22; km 6/97 3; km 6/90 8; w89 12/1 31; km 12/87 1; km 5/86 1, 8; km 9/86 4
from infancy: scl 88; w18.03 9; w17.12 19; w13 8/15 15-17; g 8/12 32; w10 4/15 18-19; w06 4/1 9; w03 2/15 23-24; w98 3/15 14; w98 4/15 32; w96 12/1 12-13; w94 5/15 11-12; w88 11/1 18-19
helping to benefit from conventions: km 4/14 3; km 5/93 4; km 5/91 3-5; km 5/89 1, 7
helping to memorize scriptures: yb10 47-48; g88 3/22 28; g87 7/22 26-27; g87 12/22 28
in broken homes: w86 11/1 27-31
in divided households: w17.10 14-15; ed 24-25; w02 8/15 30-31; g02 10/8 7-8; w98 5/15 7-9; w96 10/15 22; fy 133-134
in foreign land: w20.08 31; w17.05 8-11; w17.12 13; w02 10/15 22-26
in foreign-language congregation: w16.10 14, 16-17
in large families: w99 2/15 10-12
Israel (ancient): it-1 435; w90 8/1 4-5
Jehovah’s existence: mwb17.02 8; lr 21-25
Jehovah’s Kingdom: lr 232-237
Jehovah’s name: lr 26-31
Jehovah’s organization: mwb24.05 10; w11 3/15 17-20; w10 10/15 25-28
link with greatest commandment: w95 10/1 13
love for Jehovah: mwb23.11 9; w22.05 26-31; mwb21.05 12; w19.12 22-27; w07 9/1 26-30; w07 9/15 8-10; jd 132; km 10/06 1; w01 5/15 21-26; w99 7/1 14; w97 7/15 21-22; w88 11/1 19
‘making known’ what Jehovah has done (De 4:9): w06 6/1 29-30
meetings: w06 11/15 31; w97 9/1 25
misguided zeal: w95 10/15 31
not giving up: w05 1/1 26-27; w01 10/1 18; w99 2/15 12
not improper to give religious training: w06 7/1 27
not putting off baptism: w11 6/15 6
patience needed: w17.12 19-20; w16.09 32
persuading children: w17.12 19-20; w06 7/1 27-28; w98 5/15 8; w88 11/1 18
practice sessions: w23.09 18-19; w10 1/15 18-20; w10 12/15 3-5; w94 5/15 13
preparation for school: km 7/11 2; km 8/90 7-8; w88 8/1 13-14; km 8/87 1-2
reaching the heart: w16.09 29-30; w06 5/1 32; jd 132-133; w05 2/1 28-30; w05 4/1 14-16; w88 8/1 10-15
relationship with Jehovah: w22.03 22; g 10/15 2; w13 8/15 6-7; mb lessons 1, 4, 6; g 3/13 7; g 10/11 18-19; w10 1/15 17-18; w09 9/15 4-5; w94 10/1 26-30; km 11/93 5; w87 1/15 13; w86 8/1 27-28
spiritual routine: w15 11/15 9-10; km 11/02 5-6
teaching to pray: w15 6/15 21; w10 1/15 17-18; lr 67-71
to be convinced of the truth: w20.07 11-12
to serve Jehovah: w20.10 26-31; mwb18.06 8; w15 11/15 3-7
use of creation: w23.03 20-25
survey of successful parents: ed 27-28
teaching children: w18.06 23; w05 4/1 11-19; fy 58-59
about Jehovah through creation: w23.03 20-25
AIDS prevention: g04 11/22 10-11
balanced view of advertisements: g 6/13 11; g 12/08 22
balanced view of race: ijwhf article 27
balanced view of recreation: w05 1/1 25; fy 72-74; w86 8/1 29
develops child’s intelligence: w89 7/1 13-14
from infancy: g99 12/8 28; g87 5/22 7-11
in the kitchen: g97 1/8 16-20; g97 10/22 30
Jehovah’s ways: scl 87-88
lasting value: ijwbv article 47
to be appreciative: w19.02 17-18
to be considerate: w18.09 29
to be grateful: ijwhf article 22
to be humble: g19.2 6-7
to be obedient: w18.01 29; g 5/15 8-9; w12 6/1 30-31; w03 2/15 24-25; lr 42-46, 48-51, 147-151; w94 5/15 13
to be peaceable: w07 12/1 17-20
to be resilient: g19.2 8-9
to be responsible: g19.2 10-11; w15 6/1 16; g 10/11 19-20; w10 5/1 18-20; g98 1/22 4-5; w86 8/1 29-30
to develop good speech: g97 4/8 28; sg 7-8
to develop language: g87 5/22 9; g87 11/22 27
to develop perseverance: ijwhf article 36
to exercise self-control: g19.2 4-5; w17.09 7; g 8/15 8-9; w03 10/15 21-22
to have ethical values: g18.2 10
to have moral values: w24.12 17-18; g19.2 14-15; g18.2 10; ed 24; g 10/12 24-25; g 11/12 9; w11 2/1 18-20; g 10/11 6; g94 8/8 6; g92 6/22 3-9; g89 4/22 5-6; w88 4/15 4-7
to help: km 12/04 1
to love: w03 7/1 4-5; lr 222-226; w99 7/1 11
to love learning: g04 8/8 4-10
to read: ijwhf articles 23-24; g96 1/22 23; g96 8/8 12-13; g87 5/22 9-10; g86 10/8 28
to say “please” and “thank you”: g 5/15 2
to study: w19.05 28; w10 7/15 25-28; w10 8/15 20
to work: w07 2/15 24; w03 2/1 5-6; lr 217-221; w99 7/1 11
use of illustrations: w16.09 30-31
use of social networks: ijwhf articles 25-26; mrt article 83; w19.12 25-26; g 8/11 13
use of website jw.org: g 1/14 4; km 5/14 3; km 10/13 2
television control urged by experts: g86 12/22 30
unbelieving parents: g03 11/8 26-27; fy 134-136; w95 6/1 26-29; g87 7/8 18-20
vacation planning for children: g87 11/22 29
verbal abuse of children: fy 148; g89 6/8 11-13; g89 11/8 30
when baptized child commits serious sin: mwb20.12 3; od 154
when child lies: g 11/14 10-11
when grown children leave home: g17.4 10-11; w09 1/1 8; g98 1/22 3-12; fy 164-165
preparing children: yp1 305-306; g 10/11 25; g 7/10 13; w09 5/1 10-12; w03 10/15 25
when offspring go astray: jd 133-134; w95 10/1 17
when offspring leave Jehovah: w24.07 7; w23.08 29-30; scl 88; w22.05 30-31; w21.09 26-27; mwb20.12 3; w17.01 11; ia 71-72; w11 1/1 26; w08 3/1 14; w07 1/15 17-20; w06 9/1 17-21; w01 2/1 28; w01 7/15 24; w01 9/15 20; w01 10/1 13-18; fy 74-75
when offspring question parents’ faith: w18.08 29-30; w14 9/15 20-21; w12 2/1 18-21
when parent disgraces family: g93 4/22 30
when parents argue: yp2 199-205; g 10/07 18-20
when parents do not serve Jehovah: mwb23.05 8; w17.06 7; w12 12/1 30-31; yp2 198
when parents do wrong: g96 1/22 30; g95 5/22 24-26
whether to have children: ijwhf article 6; w19.12 22-24; jr 94-95; w08 4/15 19-20; w00 8/1 20-23; w99 10/1 10; w88 3/1 18-27
whether to let children have smartphones: ijwhf articles 15-16
whether to let children live with relatives: w88 9/1 28-30
whether to let children use social media: ijwhf articles 25-26; mrt articles 83, 115